I had this built up about 2 weeks ago and it weighs in at around 16.5lbs (LBS told me the weight, I still need to get a luggage scale) It's my first road bike but I already feel the addiction of wanting to upgrade and get it lighter..I want to see how low $500 could take me. As you can see from my frame I'm not against chinese carbon at all (from reputable sellers, atleast) So, enough with the rambling, what do you guys think would be the best upgrades for me?

Start looking at eBay for a prior generation Red crank. Should find a good specimen for ~$200, - ~$75 you can get for the Rival. Planet X brakes $1-150, -$75 for the Rivals. 50gmish tubes. Should be able to find a ~150gm seatpost for around $100, much of that can be recovered by eBaying the Easton. Those wheels get good reviews but are heavy. Just in the last month I've seen a set of Soul 2.0s and AC Mag 300s go for ~ $340 shipped. Both sets looked to be in tiptop shape. Once again, you'll recover a big chunk of your $ selling the Vueltas. Your bike is like a blank canvas to me. Why stop at 16lbs, or 15 for that matter?

Skewere are a must. Cheap and saves around 50g.Next is seatpost. You can get 170g seatpost for 60$ on ebay, cut off excess lenght and you will have 150g seatpost for 60$.Planetx brakes are light, but braking power is not that great. You could try to get Ciamillos for around 180$ used.For rims you can use veloplugs.You cal also save a lot of weight by small things - fork compressor and top cap, cables. Ebay 90g saddle would save some weight. Check prices and try to stay within 1-1.5$ per saved gram range.

Short term you could keep the post and tune it: cut off excess and get the EC90 Ti bolt kit from Toronto Cycles (that sure looks like an EC90 post you've got there...). Ti kit saves about 11g, plus whatever ends up on your shop floor...

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